Chapter 304: Seido vs Chikuba Wakayama (8)
"Whew!"
Takasei Takenaka swung his arm to home plate and threw a straight ball with his knee high outside, flying from the pitcher's mound to a baseball close to the sideline above the right-hitting area at a speed of 135 km/h, and the hit was hit by Yuki Tanaka from the left.
"Ding!"
When the baseball dropped by the bat and rolled outward on the ground in the right hit area, Yuki Tanaka turned to the right while dropping the bat in his hand and sped towards first base.
Catcher Ryohei Hashimoto got up and walked forward to the right-shot area, bent down to pick up the baseball that had rolled out of the right-hand area and stopped next to the infield sideline, and swung his right arm vigorously to pass the ball to second base.
"Smack!"
When shortstop Kusumoto received a pass from the catcher, runner Taro Fukuda also happened to slide his left foot onto the base bag at second base, but the problem was that the second base judge next to them raised his hands upwards to signal that the runner's base entry and the guard's pass block were invalid.
"Out of bounds!"
Because when the catcher bent down to pick up the baseball parked next to the infield sideline, the referee who walked forward to home plate had already raised his hands upwards to signal the hitter's point of contact to go out of bounds.
Yuki Tanaka, who had already run to first base, could only turn around and run back to home plate, regain his footing on the left bat, and continue to hold the short bat and be ready to hit it at any time to send Fukuda to second base.
"Whew!"
After throwing a containment ball at first base, pitcher Takamori Takenaka swung his arm toward home plate and threw a quick knuckle ball near his knee, sprinting straight from the pitcher's mound to the low-center area at a speed of 135km/h.
"Smack!"
Yuki Tanaka smashed the short-held bat from top to bottom on the home plate, and the baseball, which began to fall vertically in front of the hit zone, sped over the home plate and landed in the ball sleeve of catcher Ryohei Hashimoto on the ground before the bat moved out of the hit zone from high to low.
“Strike.“ The referee clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upwards to signal that the hitter had missed the shot.
"Whew!"
After the second good shot, with the batter still not giving up the short hit, Takasei Takenaka waved his arm to the home plate and threw the carter ball in the inner corner near the belt, which flew past the front of the hitter's belt at a speed of 135km/h and galloped over the home plate.
"Bang!"
The bat, which is forcefully thrown out after the hitter changes the way he holds the bat, whizzes past the baseball when it flies through the strike zone and over the right-hand zone, and is about to fall into the catcher's open sleeve.
“Strike out.“
Ryohei Hashimoto got up and grabbed the baseball that was thrown out of the holster with his right hand, and when the referee clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it up, he waved his arm to pass the ball to second base.
After receiving the catcher's pass, shortstop Kusumoto immediately turned to the left and knelt next to the baseball, touching the runner with the baseball sleeve to avoid his own touch.
“out.“
After the shortstop touched the runner's left foot with the ball cover, the runner turned sideways to avoid the shortstop ball cover and touched the second base bag with his right hand.
"In the second half of the second game, Seido High School's attack, three bats, left fielder, Fujii-kun." After Chikuro and Utayama's guards completed a double kill to win the two outs of the game, only five seconds later, the radio above the court sounded again.
"Ping!"
A straight ball that flew from the edge of the low inside corner was hit by Takashi Fujii's swing of the bat and ricocheted towards the pitcher's mound.
"Boom!"
Takamori Takenaka crouched down on the pitcher's mound and spread his case to grab the baseball that landed on the pitcher's mound and bounced to the left, but failed to catch it and let it bounce backwards.
"Smack!"
The baseball landed on the edge of second base, and when it bounced to the left, it was grabbed by Kiyotsugu Yu, a second baseman who ran over.
“retire.“
Ryosuke Hiroi, the first baseman, opened the ball and caught the baseball swung by the second baseman in front of his right arm, and blocked the runner who ran behind him, Takashi Fujii, out of the game.
"Three people are out, offense and defense are exchanged."
After first base judges clenched their right hands into fists and raised them forward, the players on the court trotted back to their rest area, and then the players of both teams gathered at the entrance and exit of the rest area to discuss the next tactics.
……
In the first half of the third inning, Kento Tatsuda, a five-batter, was sent to base with pitcher Jinguji after being entangled for five balls with pitcher Jingujiichi.
"In the first half of the third game, the attack of Tomokushi and Wakayama High School, six bats, right fielder, Matsukuma-kun."
Matsukuma stands in the right shot area with his legs spread apart, holding a short bat and turning his head to look at Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, ready to hit the sacrificial shot.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
As the runner was about to steal the base, Naoya Kuruza opened his ball sleeve to catch a straight ball (ball speed of 140km/h) that flew to the top of the middle high position, and immediately got up and was about to wave his arm to second or first base to pass, but runner Kento Tatsuda had to hurry back to first base.
"Whew!"
After throwing two pinning balls at first base in quick succession to prevent the runner from getting too far from base, Jinguji threw a straight ball near the belt into home plate and sped off the pitcher's mound at 140km/h.
"Ding!"
Hitter Matsukuma holds the baseball that flies from the pitcher's mound to the edge of the good ball zone from the short bat point and lets it bounce high forward.
"Smack!"
The baseball hit by the bat flies forward for a short distance and flies straight across the infield sideline before falling onto the sand outside the field and becoming a throw-in.
“play ball!“
The referee raised his left and right index fingers forward to signal to the pitcher that the ball count was one good and one bad, and then extended his right hand forward for him to start pitching.
"Whew!"
Because the runner at first base was trying to steal the base forward, Jinguji could only hurriedly throw a straight ball with a high belt to the home plate.
"Bang!"
Kuraza got up and opened his case to grab the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound to the high post in the outside corner at 142km/h, and then when he turned sideways to swing the ball, runner Kento Tatsuda once again gave up the idea of stealing the base forward and dropped back to first base.
"Whew!"
According to the catcher's code, Jinguji threw a belt-high straight ball into home plate with a wave of his arm, and flew from the pitcher's mound to home plate at a speed of 140km/h.
"Ding!"
The baseball, which was rushed from the pitcher's mound to the edge of the hit zone, was pushed from left to right by Matsukuma and smashed forward to the edge of the infield touchline.
"Smack!"
The baseball rolled forward along the sideline after landing in the infield, and after rolling along the infield sideline on the left side of the pitcher's mound, it was caught by first baseman Dong Kiyokuni running from first base in a crouching position and outstretched his hands.
“out.“
Dong Qingguo did not return to first base to block after receiving the baseball rolling along the sideline, but stood in place and waited for the runner to run in front of him, reached out and touched him, and knocked him out.
"In the first half of the third game, the attack of Chikaku and Wakayama High School, Seven Sticks, Left Field Player, Baba-kun."
Iba Ikhei stood on the left batting area with his legs spread out, held the bat with both hands and waved it, leaned it on his left shoulder, and after turning his head to look at Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, he raised the bat on his shoulder upright and waited for the blow.